A popular cinema has welcomed a record number of people through its doors in the last year.

Newcastle's Tyneside Cinema has recorded its best box office takings ever.

Over the last six years, the Pilgrim Street picture house has increased annual admissions from 77,000 to more than 90,000 in 2004-5.

Chief executive Mark Dobson said: "We are all delighted with the figures.

"This last year has been a very good one for art films and we have enjoyed great success with films like Fahrenheit 9/11, Vera Drake, The Motorcycle Diaries, Super Size Me, House Of Flying Daggers and many more.

"The great attendance at the cinema is testimony to the efforts of all of the staff and to the loyalty of our audiences, who regard this unique cinema with such affection."